OF GoDs are brougllt in, he rates his Dog;and fodoht t]l~ . Lordwith lulh, and fin ne, and temptations, he Why Gop fets themonhisowneSheepe, his ow-tLthildren,' fufferslufis ·. but for this end, to -bring them in, it is not in and te~tatl· h · h r. · · d onsinhis t ett o'''nepowertoratet Cleternptatwns an child1cn. lulls, nor in the power of a ftranger, but o11ely in the Lords,whoismafierofthem, whofe me{: ·, fengers theyarc, heis able to rebuke and recall them,they are at his command, as it is fa id of the difea{es ofthe hody,they are like the Centr-t– rion.r fervant, ifhebidtme goe, hegoeth: ifhe bid \another come, he commeth: foitistrue of ~he dif– ·! eafes of the foule; ifhe £:1yto fuch a meffenger j as P,uJ~had,to fuch a lult, to fuch a temptation, .· ... Ig?cand fe~ze n~on fitch a !llan, .goe and vexe 1 htm for attme, 1t ihali goe; rfagame,. he call it backe and tei1raineir, flnll it not be re!trained r: . Labourthus to feeGoa.r All-fttfficiel1cy. Wefhnain . · .Belove-d,ifymdookeupon orhermcn,or your ~ods!lrcn~h :, felues,you fhail fee experience enough of this. ·asY\'emay.l e. Looke upon I>avi-d, t1pon Paul, upon Salomon, :rn.or~:rs. Lot,and No-ah, and aUt he Saints, fo longas G&d · "' was with them, how ftrong were they'! Their firength was likeSamp(ons: but whtn the Lord ~ withdrewhimfelfe, we fee what bafe Inits they feH into; what Jufis wasp-avid grvenup nnto .? ai[oSalomonand Peter,andLot..Allrhis theLord nathdon,evenf~rthispu rpofe, th;It theymight Iearneto know that .!Ail-(t1ficiency is in hirn, and · notin t-hem. · Thereforewhen ·thou lookeft .on any ~,.zint ofGodthat ·excels in grace.. and goes beyond thee.; thinke thus wi th thy fe1fc; it is not -;
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